comrade
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- A mate, companion, or associate.
- A companion in battle; fellow soldier.
- A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.
- A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state.
verb
- To associate with someone in a friendly way.
Pronunciation
/ˈkɒmɹeɪd/
[ˈkʰɔmɹed]
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/ˈkɑmɹæd/
/ˈkɑmɹəd/
LL-Q1860 (eng)-Ookap-comrade.wav
/ˈkʊmɹeɪd/
/-ɹeːd/
/ˈkʌmɹeɪd/
Word forms
comrade
comrades
comrading
comraded
Etymology
From earlier cumrade, camrade, comerade, camerade, camarade, from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata (“chamber mate”), from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera (“vaulted room, chamber”); see chamber. Compare camaraderie and chamberlain.
Translations
Alutor: тумгытум
Arabic: رَفِيق
Arabic: رَفِيقَة
Arabic: صَدِيق
Arabic: صَدِيقَة
Bashkir: иптәш
Basque: lagun
Belarusian: тава́рыш
Belarusian: тава́рышка
Belarusian: ся́бар
Belarusian: сябро́ўка
Bulgarian: друга́р
Bulgarian: друга́рка
Catalan: camarada
Chechen: накъост
Chechen: гӏоьнча
Chechen: стаг
Chinese Cantonese: 同志
Chinese: тунзы
Chinese: 同志
Eastern Min Chinese: 同志
Hakka Chinese: 同志
Chinese Mandarin: 同志
Wu Chinese: 同志
Czech: kamarád
Czech: druh
Czech: družka
Danish: kammerat
Danish: makker
Dutch: makker
Dutch: maat
Dutch: kameraad
Esperanto: kamarado
Esperanto: samideano
Finnish: kaveri
French: camarade
Galician: compañeiro
Galician: amigallo
Georgian: მეგობარი
German: Kamerad
Greek: συνάδελφος
Greek: συναδέλφισσα
Ancient Greek: ἑταῖρος
Ancient Greek: ἑταίρᾱ
Ancient Greek: σύζυγος
Hindi: रफ़ीक़
Hindi: साथी
Hungarian: pajtás
Ido: kamarado
Indonesian: kamerad
Ingrian: tovarišša
Irish: comrádaí
Japanese: 仲間
Japanese: 同志
Japanese: 同伴者
Japanese: 同僚
Khmer: សមមិត្ត
Khmer: ភឿន
Korean: 동무
Korean: 동지
Korean: 동료
Korean: 동반자
Korean: 동행자
Northern Kurdish: heval
Latin: comes
Latin: socius
Lithuanian: bičiulis
Lithuanian: bičiulė
Lithuanian: bendražygis
Lithuanian: bendražygė
Macedonian: другар
Macedonian: другарка
Norman: canmathade
Old East Slavic: товарищь
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